Penang PSR project: State or federal power?
Translated from Malay and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- On June 30, 2026, the Court of Appeal ruled on an appeal involving judicial review permission for Penang's South Island Reclamation project.
- The case had earlier been rejected by the Penang High Court on July 11, 2024, with that decision upheld by the Court of Appeal.
The legal dispute over Penang's South Island Reclamation project has raised a fundamental question: does authority over the project belong to the state government or the federal government?
On June 30, 2026, the Court of Appeal decided an appeal concerning an application for permission to seek judicial review of planning approval for the project.
The application had previously been rejected by the Penang High Court on July 11, 2024. The Court of Appeal later upheld that decision on June 30.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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